Thesaurus: tabby

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1. n. A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
2. n. A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock.
3. n. A brindled cat; hence, popularly, any cat.
4. n. An old maid or gossip.
5. a. Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat.
6. a. Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.
7. v. t. To water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of calendering; to calender; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon, etc.
8. adj. having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
9. n. a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black
10. n. female cat
11. n:100 n. a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black n. female cat